In My Buggy

2020 ◽  
pp. 144-161
Author(s):  
Michael McDevitt
Keyword(s):  
Free Play ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
News Production ◽  
Trusting Relationships ◽  
Over Time

Interviews of 25 scholars targeted by watchlists probe how public intellectuals invest in trusting relationships with reporters in ways that ensure the successful brokering of ideas. Chapter 9 documents practices of “dangerous professors” that allow them to navigate uncertainty and vigilante blowback. The academic-media nexus can seem like a kaleidoscopic space, where public scholars experience reversals of hierarchy and where rules of engagement are, at best, implicit and contingent. Over time, risk-tolerant and conflict-seeking activists should become sensitive to constraints of news production on the free play of intellect. One way or another, they must rework relationships with reporters to confront the news as a paradigm of conventional wisdom. For a reporter, striking gold in interviews sometimes requires the acknowledgment of a scholar’s critique of the news. The disorientation of a hybrid field is consequently generative of reflexivity in efforts to reconcile intellect with journalism.

Temporal affordances in the news

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt ◽  
Motti Neiger
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Online News ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Preparation Time ◽  
News Production ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

This article develops the concept of temporal affordances as a framework for understanding and evaluating the relationship between news technologies and journalistic storytelling practices. Accordingly, temporal affordances are defined as the potential ways in which the time-related possibilities and constraints associated with the material conditions and technological aspects of news production are manifested in the temporal characteristics of news narratives. After identifying six such affordances – immediacy, liveness, preparation time, transience, fixation in time, and extended retrievability – we examine manifestations of temporal affordances in different journalistic cultures over time, based on a content analysis of Israeli and US news narratives in different technological eras (from 1950 to 2013). The findings point to a consistent pattern of inter-media differences, in accordance with the distinct affordances of print and online news, alongside cross-cultural and cross-organizational variations in the use of these affordances. In addition, we detect complex patterns of stability and change in the use of temporal affordances in print media over time. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Online news creation, trust in the media, and political participation: Direct and moderating effects over time

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 611-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu ◽  
Catherine M Hooker ◽  
Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online News ◽  
Citizen Journalism ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
News Production ◽  
The Media ◽  
Over Time

This article explores the role of trust in professional and alternative media as (a) antecedents of citizen news production, and (b) moderators of the effect of citizen news production on political participation. Using two-wave panel survey data collected in the United States between December 2013 and March 2014, results show that trust in citizen media predicts people’s tendency to create news. In turn, citizen news production is a positive predictor of both offline and online participation. More importantly, trust in the media moderates the effect of citizen news production over online political participation. Overall, this article highlights the importance of trust in the media with respect to citizen news production and how it matters for democracy. Thus, this study casts a much-needed light on how media trust and citizen journalism intertwine in explaining a more engaged and participatory citizenry.

scholarly journals The Twilight of the Polls? A Review of Trends in Polling Accuracy and the Causes of Polling Misses

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Prosser ◽  
Jonathan Mellon
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
High Profile ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The Us ◽  
Vote Intention ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Over Time

Polls have had a number of high-profile misses in recent elections. We review the current polling environment, the performance of polls in a historical context, the mechanisms of polling error, and the causes of several recent misses in Britain and the US. Contrary to conventional wisdom, polling errors have been constant over time, although the level of error has always been substantially beyond that implied by stated margins of error. Generally, there is little evidence that voters lying about their vote intention (so-called ‘shy’ voters) is a substantial cause of polling error. Instead, polling errors have most commonly resulted from problems with representative samples and weighting, undecided voters breaking in one direction, and to a lesser extent late swings and turnout models. We conclude with a discussion of future directions for polling both in terms of fixing the problems identified and new approaches to understanding public opinion.

Representation in the One-Party South

2018 ◽  
pp. 142-171
Author(s):  
Devin Caughey
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Political System ◽  
Median Voter ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Ideological Bias ◽  
Congressional Representation ◽  
Southern Conservatism ◽  
The One ◽  
Over Time

This chapter conducts a systematic statistical analysis of congressional representation in the one-party South. Overall, the evidence presented in the previous chapters suggests a political system that was responsive not to a narrow elite only, but to a broad swath of the white public. As such, this chapter examines the responsiveness of Southern members of Congress (MCs) to their white constituents, both cross-sectionally and over time, and compares them to non-Southern MCs. It also shows that Southern MCs responded to the income of the median voter, and examines their ideological bias relative to non-Southern MCs. The chapter then highlights the ways that congressional representation did differ across regions, and discusses how these findings help resolve the “puzzle” of Southern conservatism. In marked contrast to the conventional wisdom, this chapter not only shows that Southern MCs were responsive to their white constituents, but also finds little indication that congressional responsiveness was weaker in the one-party South than in the two-party North, though the mechanisms and character of responsiveness did differ between regions.

Against Supersession

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Know How ◽  
Over Time

The availability of redress for historic wrongs committed against Indigenous people turns on a number of morally complex and politically charged issues. From the standpoint of moral theory, the problems of redress have been given articulate voice by Jeremy Waldron whose writings have come to take the shape of conventional wisdom. Waldron’s arguments are three-fold: 1) counterfactuals are impossible to verify, and so it is impossible to know how we are to put injured parties into the position they would have been had there been no injustice; 2) entitlements fade over time, and so whatever right to redress may have once existed, the basis for those entitlements is now eroded; and 3) injustices can be overtaken by circumstances, such that what was once unjust becomes just. In this article I argue that each of these objections to redressing of historic wrongs is mistaken, and they are mistaken in part because of Waldron’s failure to recognize that the injustices are not merely historic, the injustices are also contemporary and on-going wrongs committed against modern-day Indigenous people. There is no denying that circumstances have changed, but that does not eliminate the need to face up to the problems of injustice in the circumstances in which they occur: the present day, and we must face these challenges despite the fact that they present difficult choices and the probability of sacrifice.

scholarly journals Party Positions, Asset Ownership, and Economic Voting

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 912-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Hellwig ◽  
Ian McAllister
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Asset Ownership ◽  
Important Condition ◽  
Party Positions ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Over Time

Conventional wisdom holds that asset owners favor parties on the center-right. This assumption, however, ignores the possibility that party positions may shift over time and across contexts. The electoral payoff from ownership thus depends on how the policies of the major parties treat those assets. In this article, we argue that the prediction that asset holders support right-of-center parties rests on the position-taking strategies of parties. We test this expectation with evidence from six elections in Australia and with a dataset of post-election surveys in 25 advanced democracies. Utilizing different measures for key concepts, both analyses support our claims. Study findings identify the supply side of electoral competition as an important condition for patrimonial economic voting and, more generally, confirm the role of parties in mobilizing voters around issues on which they have a competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Policy Preferences and Policy Change: Dynamic Responsiveness in the American States, 1936–2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEVIN CAUGHEY ◽  
CHRISTOPHER WARSHAW
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Future Change ◽  
American States ◽  
Change Dynamic ◽  
Policy Shifts ◽  
Over Time

Using eight decades of data, we examine the magnitude, mechanisms, and moderators of dynamic responsiveness in the American states. We show that on both economic and (especially) social issues, the liberalism of state publics predicts future change in state policy liberalism. Dynamic responsiveness is gradual, however; large policy shifts are the result of the cumulation of incremental responsiveness over many years. Partisan control of government appears to mediate only a fraction of responsiveness, suggesting that, contrary to conventional wisdom, responsiveness occurs in large part through the adaptation of incumbent officials. Dynamic responsiveness has increased over time but does not seem to be influenced by institutions such as direct democracy or campaign finance regulations. We conclude that our findings, though in some respects normatively ambiguous, on the whole paint a reassuring portrait of statehouse democracy.

Optimal KM/WM Systems in Manufacturing

2011 ◽  
pp. 223-256
Author(s):  
Robert Thierauf ◽  
James Hoctor
Keyword(s):  
Production Planning ◽  
System Application ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Over Time

• To examine conventional wisdom versus an enlarged view of connecting manufacturing “points of wisdom” for what needs to be done over time • To set forth the important elements underlying an effective manufacturing model • To explore areas that are related to production planning and execution • To set forth a typical optimal KM/WM system application in manufacturing

Politics Overtakes Policy in Egypt

2021 ◽  
pp. 62-89
Author(s):  
Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Asylum Policy ◽  
Refugee Convention ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
Over Time

Chapter 4 considers refugee treatment, broadly conceived, in Egypt. Egypt is a “typical” refugee recipient: it is a developing country that has signed on to the 1951 Refugee Convention and hosts a relatively small number of refugees per capita. The chapter begins by reviewing the conventional wisdom about Egypt’s asylum policy, that is, that it has no policy. And indeed, Egypt does not have domestic refugee legislation or a single, clearly articulated official asylum policy. However, as this chapter demonstrates, there are clear patterns in Egypt’s responses to refugees. Drawing on elite interviews as well as archival sources and unpublished materials, it analyzes and compares Egypt’s post-WWII policies toward six refugee groups: Palestinians, Sudanese, Iraqis, Somalis, Eritreans, and Ethiopians. The fluctuation in policies over time and their variation by refugee group is consistent with the theory laid out in this book.

Patterns of Market Polarization and Market Matching in the Korean Film Industry

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangyoub Park ◽  
Eui Hang Shin
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Motion Picture Industry ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Korean Film ◽  
Over Time

Despite its embedded ambiguity, conventional wisdom tends to prevail over time. This may be because old adages recurrently embrace some ingredients of truth. As James A. Mathisen highlights, conventional wisdom plays a significant role in constituting knowledge as a starting point. For many people, numerous adages (the rich get richer while the poor get poorer; birds of a feather flock together) are most commonly perceived as true. More interestingly, the accuracy of the two folk wisdoms appears to be more salient in culture-producing industries, including the motion picture industry. Concomitantly, the two adages have long been connected to diverse societal phenomena and sociological knowledge.

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